Outside Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, a child was born in Woniu Village, and a wandering Taoist priest came to give a batch of eight characters, asserting that this son has all five elements, and he will be rich and noble one day in the future.

The Zhang family was overjoyed.

Coincidentally, in the same Woniu Village, a hundred steps away from Zhang's family, there is also a family of women who are giving birth.

But I saw that small fence yard, a small grass house lying low, and there was a locust tree at the door, as thick as a little finger.

Outside the door of the house, there was a descendant who looked like a peasant in a cloth coat, standing outside the door and pacing anxiously.

From time to time, a woman's moaning could be heard in the grass house.

The woman was giving birth at the moment when her life was at stake.

At this time, the wandering Taoist priest who came out of Zhang's house also happened to pass by here, and when he looked up, he saw this scene and was secretly amused in his heart.

The Taoist priest passed by Zhang's house, and saw auspicious clouds inside and outside Zhang's courtyard, thinking that he was a rich and noble person, and when he was invited to give the child eight characters in the house, he thought that this son was born at the hour. That's why there are auspicious clouds. Who knew that when I came here, at the same time, the same family was also delivering babies. At this moment and here, how can this family not necessarily have that colorful clouds and auspiciousness?

Yunyou Taoist priest couldn't help but laugh secretly, he started the class according to the fortune-telling in the book, and learned some Xuanmen knowledge, how do you know that today I saw the so-called auspicious clouds. Thinking about it, this is a farmer outside Chang'an City, how can there be such a rich and noble person here. Come to think of it, there are times when the fortune-telling and divination books that I have learned are not accurate, and I think I am still clumsy.

But then I thought about it, the children of the Zhang family have all eight characters and five elements on their birthdays, and according to their own fortune-telling lessons for so many years, the children of the Zhang family will not be ordinary farmers when they grow up in the future.

There must be something in this that I haven't calculated, and I can't help but be stunned outside the door of this birth's house.

This is the village of Woniu outside Chang'an City, most of the ancient people were superstitious, some people saw that the Zhang family gave birth to a wandering Taoist priest to invite a wandering Taoist priest into the house to occupy the eight characters, and some people also wanted to join in the fun, chased out from the Zhang family, and wanted to give a batch of eight characters to the wandering Taoist priest, and came to please.

The man who chased him was about twenty years old, dressed as a peasant in a cloth coat.

Stopping the Yunyou Daoist, he said, "Immortal Chang stays." ”

The wandering Taoist priest was doubting his life at the moment, and when he heard someone calling him, he turned his head to look at it and said, "This little brother is polite, I don't know what the little brother is looking for me?" ”

The man said, "Immortal Chang doesn't know, I am a resident of Woniu Village, my surname is Zhang Mingchengsi, and your Zhang Cai's family is my cousin." ”

The Taoist priest stroked his beard, "Oh, I just don't know what the little brother is doing to find the poor road." ”

Zhang Chengsi said again, "Immortal Chief, don't hide it, I do have something." ”

Taoist priest, "Little brother, please speak." ”

Zhang Chengsi said, "I am a native of Woniu Village outside Chang'an City, Beijing, and I rely on picking up some scattered groceries in Chang'an City on weekdays to sell. A few days ago, there were shops in Chang'an City to buy and sell some goods in Shandong to come back, because there were many poisonous insects and beasts on the way, and the king of the mountains and forests gathered together. ”

The Taoist priest nodded, "It's okay." ”

At this moment, the south wind blew strongly, and many thick layers of cumulonimbus clouds blew from the southwest of the village.

But seeing that the clouds were black and oppressive, the wind was mixed with moisture, and there were four or five muffled thunders in the air, and the wind came to the sky above Woniu Village like a whirlwind.

It's going to rain.

Zhang Chengsi, who came to invite, saw the dark clouds in the sky, accompanied by lightning, strong winds and thunder, knowing that this wandering Taoist priest had nowhere to shelter from the rain, he said, "Immortal Chief, I see that it is going to rain in this sky, it is better for Immortal Chief to come to my house for a while, and when the rain is over, it is not too late for Immortal Chief to leave." ”

The Taoist priest nodded.

Follow Zhang Chengsi to a farmer's house.

It is only a courtyard away from the child's house, and when I enter the house, I am still wondering why I am in the same place at the same time, and why I can't see auspicious clouds inside and outside the courtyard of this family.

Zhang Chengsi gave the Taoist priest a seat, and then made water for the Taoist priest.

Sit firmly in the house, the firewood door in the house is not closed, and when you look up, you will find the person who gave birth on the opposite side.

The Taoist priest asked, "Brother Zhang, your family is also giving birth to a child in the hospital, dare to ask, who is the surname of this family and where is the name." ”

Zhang Cheng Siyan said, "The immortal chief is a person who is not in the world with the five elements, I heard the people in the village say that the monks can see things that ordinary people can't see, Zhang Cai told my nephew's fortune, and now when I come here, I see that the family has a child, do you see something?" ”

The Taoist priest shook his head, "Today is March 12 of the third year of Jianzhong, and I passed by Guibao Land to coincide with the birth of your nephew, I rushed to be happy, but I don't know why, at the same time, there is a family Tianding, so I have this question." ”

Zhang Chengsi, "The surname of the person who gave birth to the child is Deng, the name is Chang, he was originally a soldier in Chang'an, the capital, and his ancestral home is Tai'an, Shandong. Because there was no war in the imperial court, and there were no relatives in his hometown, he did not return to his hometown in Shandong, relying on his good health, he opened a few acres of thin fields in the east of the village and married his daughter-in-law. Settled in my Woniu Village. ”

Taoist priest, "I see. ”

At this time, the rain began to fall, mixed with thunder and lightning.

The chai door was not closed, and the Taoist priest looked at the Deng family opposite.

Deng's house is a low and lying small grass house, the daughter-in-law of the Deng family gave birth, and Deng Chang did not enter the house, so he stood at the door and waited.

The Taoist priest felt funny, and said, "Little brother, you see, the Deng family on the other side gave birth, and the Deng family didn't know how to go into the house to hide from the rain." If it weren't for my brother inviting me to take lessons, I wouldn't know how to avoid this rain. ”

Seeing this, Zhang Chengsi hurriedly stood at the door of his house and shouted at the opposite firewood house, "Brother Deng, your wife has nowhere to shelter from the rain when she gives birth, so she comes to my house to take shelter for a while." ”

It was raining heavily, and Deng Chang turned around when he heard the shouting, and wanted to run to Zhang's house.

Who knew that at this moment, a flash of lightning came down from the sky, and it happened to split on the locust tree at the door of the Deng family, and the finger-thick locust tree instantly split.

The frightened Deng Chang sat in the muddy water.

At the same time, there was a child's cry in the firewood room of the Deng family, the firewood door was wide open, and the midwife went out to announce the good news, "Congratulations." ”

Deng Chang crawled up from the muddy water and hurriedly asked, "Boy or girl?" ”

The midwife said, "Girl." ”